diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/DataSourceIngestModule.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/DataSourceIngestModule.java
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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest;
+
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.Content;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that must be implemented by all data source ingest modules.
+ */
+public interface DataSourceIngestModule extends IngestModule {
+    void process(Content dataSource);    
+}
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/FileIngestModule.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/FileIngestModule.java
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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest;
+
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that must be implemented by all data source ingest modules.
+ */
+public interface FileIngestModule {
+    void process(AbstractFile file);   
+}
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestModule.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestModule.java
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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that must be implemented by all ingest modules.
+ */
+public interface IngestModule {
+    /**
+     * Called to allow an ingest module to initialize itself before commencing 
+     * processing.
+     * 
+     * @param schedulingToken A module that uses the scheduling service to 
+     * schedule additional processing needs to supply its scheduling token to 
+     * the scheduler. For example, a module that extracts files from an archive
+     * may schedule ingest of those files using the module's scheduling token. 
+     */
+    void init(int schedulingToken);
+    
+    /**
+     * RJCTODO
+     */
+    void complete();
+
+    /**
+     * RJCTODO
+     */
+    void stop();    
+}